Sentences with phrase «than the seat of»

The seat of a full - size baby swing is further off the ground than the seat of a portable baby swing.

But restrictions on TV coverage «protect the dignity of Parliament» as though it were a 1920s débutante rather than the seat of a living democracy.

They may be a little firmer than the seats of some rivals and the seat base could be a bit longer — although I'm not certain how that would square with the typical RAV4 target buyer anyway.

Not exact matches

But political analysts tracking the races say that only a relatively small number of races — fewer than 50 House seats and just a handful of Senate races — are truly competitive.

The «Nancy Drew, Girl Detective» series kept me on the edge of my seat and was more timely than the books from the early - to - mid 1900s.

The Republican frontrunner in the race to fill House Speaker Paul Ryan's seat in Wisconsin's 1st District raised more than $ 250,000 during the first week of his campaign.

A widely - cited 2007 study by the University of Arizona found the average office desktop carries 400 times more bacteria than the a toilet seat.

Candidates who were in positions of power were seated in chairs that were cushioned and adjusted so that they were physically higher than powerless participants» chairs.

Former Liberal Party WA president David Honey's convincing by - election victory in the blue ribbon seat of Cottesloe was no accident; the strong Liberal showing was more than a year in the planning.

Singapore Airlines has a reputation for quality and a substantial amount of business travel to and from the city - state, improving its ability to configure aircraft with a high number of premium seats and charge more than one - stop competitors, according to analysts.

Lapointe presented his designers with a pared - down definition of «motorcycle» upon which they could build: It had to have fewer than four wheels and feature straddle seating for the driver.

Less than 7 percent of private tech company board seats are held by women.

As for China's ever - expanding network of bullet trains, Chinese media report trains on several of the new lines frequently run with more than half their seats empty.

More than 43 % of survey respondents said it takes at least four touches to start moving significant seats on a cloud solution and getting users engaged.

United typically oversells flights by less than zero to 3 % of the plane's seat capacity to account for no - shows.

For Fried, the beauty of the approach is that it puts Buffett back in the driver's seat, allowing him to control his schedule, rather than the other way around.

Buyers of houses — even ones fronting the ocean — want to have pools, while «smart» homes filled with tech, elaborate outdoor seating areas, and homes with so - called «flexible» layouts (meaning they're open plan, rather than having dedicated dining, living, and entertaining rooms) are in vogue.

The state - owned Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China, or Comac for short, has secured more than 700 orders for its 168 - seat C919 passenger jet, expected to have its first delivery in 2021.

At Virgin Atlantic, rather than wait for seat - back TV technology to be perfected, we went out and bought hundreds of Sony video Walkmans.

At 17, Rosemary was even younger than her niece when she took a seat on the board of the holding company that in turn owned Cara Operations.

«Teams who stood had greater physiological arousal and were less territorial about ideas than those in the seated arrangement,» reports the University of Washington release.

Asper's newest investment unveiled its rebranded look and positioning just ahead of the record - breaking UFC 129 event in Toronto, which sold more than 55,000 seats within minutes.

Together with VW's home state of Lower Saxony, labour representatives hold more than half of the 20 seats on the group's supervisory board that ratifies key decisions on investment, plant closures and executive appointments.

The airline last year said it would target HK$ 4 billion ($ 510 million) in cost savings as part of the turnaround, which includes more than 740 individual measures, such as adding economy class seats in its Boeing 777 jets.

But confrontation over Northern Gateway could put their 21 (out of 36) seats in British Columbia at risk — more than enough to erase their parliamentary majority.

Many of the Recaro Basic Line 3520 seats found on these airlines have thinner padding, and the bottoms seem to reach to only mid-thigh, which feels more like a hard bench than a real chair.

By the end of 2017, more than 1,200 people filed to run as Democrats for seats in either the House or Senate, according to The Post.

After Yanukovych's ouster, Manafort helped to rebrand his party into the Party of Regions, and made it possible for the party to gain more seats than expected in Ukraine's parliamentary elections.

Other amenities in the suite include seats that are wider than the average of 21 inches on existing Delta One classes (for competitive reasons, the airline did not release the specific width); roomy stowage compartments for shoes, headphones, and laptops; two consoles so passengers can comfortably spread out their drinks, reading materials, and laptops; and an 18 - inch - high resolution entertainment monitor, the largest among United States - based carriers, according to the airline, and bigger than the 11 - to 15 - inch monitors in Delta One classes.

More than half of economy passengers in our survey were charged to select a better seat, and 40 percent who checked a bag were charged an extra fee.

More than half of VIP moviegoers reserve seats hours before they get to the theatre and simply pick tickets up from automated kiosks.

This means that when they step into management jobs, they already focused on managing by performance and achievement rather than face time, because they've never lived in a world where butt - in - seat time was the way lots of people managed.

The company has seen the number of guest it seats grow to more than 2 million people a month, which is a 327 percent year - over-year increase for the period ending in October 2017.

«The U.S. Secretary of State will be sitting more comfortably in his seat than the the Secretary of State of [today's] energy exporting countries,» Birol said.

Hovering around No. 10 is NBC News correspondent Katy Tur's «Unbelievable: My Front - Row Seat to the Craziest Campaign in American History,» in which Tur chronicles more than a year of traveling along with Trump on the 2016 presidential campaign.

Musk said he wants to make the bus smaller than current models and increase the number of passengers on it by removing the «center aisle and putting seats where there are currently entryways.»

The bitter, sometimes petulant negotiations between the City of Edmonton and Oilers owner and pharmacy magnate Daryl Katz over who will pay for a proposed new 18,500 - plus - seat downtown arena have come to a close, but the resolution is less than complete.

Still, McDonald's alone has boosted its coffee market share in Canada to almost 10 %, up from less than 5 % in 2008, thanks to regular coffee giveaways and the cosier confines of its McCafé store designs, which feature comfortable seating and fireplaces.

However, post - 9/11, the dynamics began to shift and ticket prices rose faster than the rate of inflation as demand for the seats increased and the industry was reorganized.

El - Erian acknowledges that it would be tricky for a plane full of strangers to pull off, and if just one member decided they'd be better off giving up their seat and getting compensation lower than the $ 9,950, the alliance would crumble.

Rather than calling for an end to the practice of overselling, Trump said that instead, there should be no upper limit to incentives carriers can offer passengers in exchange for their seats on overbooked flights.

Hosted by Cigna Americans spend more than half of their waking hours at work — often seat - strapped, deskbound, or flat on their feet for much of that time.

Virgin Atlantic's wording for its mid-level seating is quite clever: by calling it premium economy rather than business class or something similar, it makes it seem less of a step up even though there is quite a large price difference.

There are other issues to settle, including the explosive lawsuit filed by Benchmark Capital — which owns more than 10 percent of the company and has a board seat held by Matt Cohler — against Kalanick, whom the venture firm helped oust and has been trying to restrain.

It's been less than a year since United's mega PR - disaster, when a passenger was wrestled out of his seat and dragged, bleeding, down the aisle.

As Boeing says in its press release: «The 787 Dreamliner is an all - new, super-efficient family of commercial airplanes that can fly long distances while offering 20 to 25 percent better fuel efficiency per seat and lower emissions than the airplanes they replace.

In 2014, more than 1,600 people who were passengers in the front seat of vehicles were killed in accidents.

The seat of Cassia County is the second largest city in the Magic Valley and has more than 9,300 residents.

The announcement came less than 24 hours after the B.C. election results were finalized, with the two parties holding a majority of the seats committing to do anything in their power to stop the proposal.

Even before taking her seat she has been keen to portray herself as a «continuity candidate» and the prospect of a Glaxo breakup now looks more remote than ever.